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COVID-19: Nigeria Records Breakthrough as NCDC Validates Viral RNA Extraction

Friday Bako May 23, 2020

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The country has blazed a trail in Africa with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control successfully validating the first phase of the viral Ribonucleic Acid extraction which should enable local production of cheap testing kits for coronavirus.The validation took place on Thursday in the laboratory of the National Biotechnology Development Agency […]

COVID-19: Nigerian Air Force Distributes Oxygen to Isolation Centres

Friday Bako April 13, 2020

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‌ By Kayode Oyero The Nigerian Air Force has commenced the distribution of oxygen produced at its Liquid Oxygen Plant to coronavirus isolation centres in the country. NAF also said it has started sharing the oxygen at selected hospitals as part of response to end the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. “I’m glad to note that […]

COVID-19: Nigerian Governors Endorses Two Weeks Inter-State Lockdown to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus

Friday Bako April 22, 2020

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ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 6th COVID-19 TELECONFERENCE MEETING OF THE NIGERIA GOVERNORS’ FORUM HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 22nd APRIL 2020 We, members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum , at our meeting held today deliberated on the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and resolved as follows: The Forum held a minute’s silence in honour of […]

COVID-19: Nigerian States To Get $1.5bn From World Bank, Says Finance Minister

Friday Bako May 22, 2020

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The immediate financial relief for the States will include the acceleration of an existing programme to enable disbursement by the end of September. The World Bank has gotten a proposal of 1.5 billion dollars to states as an economic stimulus to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said. […]

COVID-19: Nigerian Virologist, Dr. Akyala Calls for Setting up of National Technical Working Committee

Friday Bako April 24, 2020

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From Cmr. Friday Bako With over 2.6 million total cases and over 188 deaths recorded globally, Nations across the world have continued to deploy measures to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. As Nigeria also seek diverse ways of preventing the virus with 873 confirmed cases and 28 deaths, a Medical Laboratory Scientist, renowned Virologist and Public […]

COVID-19: Nigerian Virologist, Dr. Ishaku Akyala Pleads With Governors to Establish Testing Centres

Friday Bako April 25, 2020

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A Medical Laboratory Scientist, Virologist and Lecturer with Nasarawa State University Keffi , Ishaku Akyala Ph.D has called on the 36 State Governors in Nigeria to make concerted efforts toward setting up diagnostic testing centres in their various States in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Nationally. “If Governors can set up isolation centres, […]

COVID-19: Nigerians Celebrate Two Patriots for Fixing Two Ventilators in JUTH at No Cost

Friday Bako April 2, 2020

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As the world continue to struggle to tackle the global devastating impact of the Coronavirus, two Nigerians, Williams Gyang and Nura Jibrin in Jos Plateau State are being celebrated and applauded by Nigerians from all walks of life for contributing their quota towards the fight against the dreaded COVID-19 by fixing two faulty ventilators […]

Covid-19: Nigerians Deserve Palliative Measures – Alh. Atiku Abubakar

Friday Bako March 25, 2020

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PRESS RELEASE Corona Virus: Nigerians Deserve Palliative Measures As the corona virus pandemic ravages the world, I applaud the various Nigerian state governments who have proactively taken measures, such as issuing stay at home orders, and shutting down non-essential markets and other places of mass gatherings, while also giving guidelines for social distancing. However, we […]

COVID-19: No Recorded Case in Plateau State, Govt Will Continue Enforcement of Regulations – SGS

Friday Bako April 1, 2020

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As Nigeria continue the battle to contain and prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-29, with 151 total cases recorded in the Country, the Plateau State Government reaffirmed that the State has not recorded any positive case so far. Secretary to the Government of the State, Prof. Danladi Abok Atu who doubles as the coordinating […]

COVID-19: Northern Governors Converge, Insist on More Testing Centres & Ban Almajiri System

Friday Bako April 21, 2020

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PRESS STATEMENT NORTHERN GOVERNORS MEET, INSIST ON MORE COVID-19 TESTING CENTRES AND BAN ALMAJIRI SYSTEM. For the second time in one month, the Northern States Governors Forum has met to discuss the region’s response to the Corona Virus pandemic and evaluate some of the measures adopted by each State to deal with the situation. The […]

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